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1Batchelder, John C., pianist and org.; b. Topsham, Vt., 1852. Pupil for 4 years of Haupt, Ehrlich, and Loeschhorn, at Berlin. Teacher of org. and piano in Detroit Cons.; org. of St. Paul's Episc. Ch. Has given many public organ-recitals.
3Bates, Joah, British conductor; b. Halifax, Mar. 19, 1741; d. London, June 8, 1799. Promoter and conductor of the famous "Handel Commemoration" festivals at London (1784,-5,-6,-7, '91); founder, with "other amateurs," of the "Concerts of Ancient Music" [not Pepusch's].—No compositions of his appear to be extant.
5Bates, William, English comp. of the 18th cent. (1720-1790?), connected with the Marylebone and Vauxhall Gardens, London.—Works: Comic opera The Jovial Crew (1760), altered to The Ladies' Frolic (1770); opera Pharnaces (1765); a "Mus. prelude," The Theatrical Candidates (1775); and Flora, or Hob in the Well (1768); also canons, glees, catches; vln.-sonatas; etc.
7Bateson, Thomas, b. England abt. 1575; d. (?). 1599-1611, org. of Chester cathedral, later of Christ Ch. cathedral, Dublin.—Mus. Bac. (Dublin). Wrote "A Set of Madrigals in praise of Queen Elizabeth" (1601); "First Set of Madrigals" (1604; reprinted 1846); "2nd set" (1618).
9Batiste, Antoine-Édouard, organist; b. Paris, Mar. 28, 1820; d. there Nov. 9, 1876. Pupil (1828) and prof. (1836) at Paris Cons. (harmony, accomp., and choral classes). Organist of St.-Nicolas-des-Champs (1842-54), then of St.-Eustache. He composed much excellent organ-music, also pf.-pcs. and songs. Edited the official "Solfèges du Conservatoire" (12 vol.s), and publ. a "Petit Solfège harmonique."
11Batistin. See Struck, Joh. Bart.
13Bâton, Henri, musette-player; his brother Charles ("Bâton le jeune"), a performer on the vielle, wrote pieces for vielle and musette, and a "Mémoire sur la vielle en 1) la ré" ("Mercure," 1757).
15Bat'ta, Pierre, b. Maastricht, Holland, Aug. 8, 1795; d. Brussels, Nov. 20, 1876, as solfeggio-teacher at the Cons. He also gave 'cello-lessons. He had 3 sons:
17Bat'ta, Alexandre, b. Maastricht, July 9, 1816; brilliant 'cellist, pupil of Platel in Brussels Cons.; settled 1835 in Paris. Made very successful concert-tours on the Continent.—Works: Many melodious pcs. and transcriptions f. 'cello w. pf.-acc.
19Bat'ta, Jean-Laurent, b. Maastricht, Dec. 30, 1817; d. Nancy, Jan. (?), 1880. Piano-pupil of Brussels Cons., taking 1st prize in 1836. Lived in Paris, and from 1848 in Nancy as a music-teacher.
21Bat'ta, Joseph, b. Maastricht, Apr. 24, 1824. 'Cellist and comp.; pupil of Brussels Cons. (2nd grand prix for comp. in 1845); since 1846 in Paris, as an orchestra-player at the Opéra-Comique. Has comp. symphonies, overtures, cantatas, etc.
23Battaille, Charles-Aimable, dramatic bass; b. Nantes, Sept. 30, 1822; d. Paris, May 2, 1872. At first a medical student; sang at the Opéra-Comique, Paris, from 1848-57, when a throat-disorder closed his public career. 1851, prof. of singing at the Cons. Publ. an extensive Method of Singing.
25Battanchon, Félix, eminent 'cellist and composer; b. Paris, Apr. 9, 1814; d. there July, 1893. Pupil of Vaslin and Norblin at the Paris Cons.; from 1840, member of Grand Opéra orch. Invented (1846), and vainly tried to popularize, a small style of 'cello, called "Baryton."
27Batten, Adrian, English comp. and org.; b. abt. 1585; d. abt. 1637. Vicar-choral of Westminster Abbey in 1614, and of St. Paul's in 1624, where he was also organist. Wrote church-services, many anthems, and other sacred music of rather mediocre quality; some pcs. are publ. in "Boyce's Cathedral Music," also by Novello.
29Battishill, Jonathan, b. London, May, 1738; d. Islington, Dec. 10, 1801. A chorister (1747) in St. Paul's, and later articled to W. Savage, he became deputy-org. (under Boyce) at the Chapel Royal, and afterwards conductor (cembalist) at Covent Garden, at the same time holding the post of organist in several London parishes. With Arne he wrote an opera, Almena, for Drury Lane (1764); he also composed a pantomime, The Rites of Hecate, in that year. His many anthems, glees, catches, and songs were deservedly popular.
31Battis'ta, Vincenzo, dramatic composer; b. Naples, Oct. 5, 1823; d. there Nov. 14, 1873. Pupil of the Naples Cons. He wrote 13 operas, 11 of which were produced at Naples, between 1844-69, with good temporary success, but now forgotten.
33Battisti'ni, Mattia, b. Rome (?), Nov. 27, 1857. Renowned dram. baritone. Début in Donizetti's La Favorita at Rome, Teatro Argentina, 1878; immediately engaged for the Ital. opera in Buenos Ayres. Has sung since then in Italian on all principal stages in Italy, Spain, Portugal, London; also (1893) in Berlin, St. Petersburg, etc.
35Battmann, Jacques-Louis, b. Maasmünster, Alsatia, Aug. 25, 1818; d. Dijon, July 5, 1886. Organist at Belfort (1840), later at Vesoul. Wrote pieces and études f. pf. and f. org.; masses, motets, choral works; an Harmonium Method, and many pieces f. harmonium; a Piano Method; and a treatise on harmony, teaching the accomp. of Plain Song.
37Batton, Désiré-Alexandre, b. Paris, Jan. 2, 1797; d. Versailles, Oct. 15, 1855. Pupil of the Cons. (Cherubini); Grand prix de Rome, 1816, for his cantata, La mort d'Adonis. His operas
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